Quest for Perfection, Crimson fists & Helbrute

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**Camkierhi**

Congratulation, soon to join the rest of us dafties trying to explain away the bill for the modelling to the loved one, or have you found the rare and illusive "enabler" partner!

Personally the Europe thing is all a non-sense, and until we all get over our tribal roots and start thinking globally instead of selfishly (me included) people will suffer, and poor will be poor and rich will be richer. No doubt the shops will up the prices, we will pay more taxes, some will always take advantage. But I will still have to go to work on Monday, and life will go on, still with nowhere near enough time to do our beloved modelling. So it really counts for squat.

Now whats next on the master painters bench then..

Oh and have you seen this...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/694730.page

You have so much to contribute, would love to have you there.

**weetyskemian44**

Thanks for the invite!

I agree with your assessment - not much will change but there will be an economic downturn, probably europe wide. But that's the nature of history its full of ups and downs.

I'm going to keep at the deathwatch overkill box until I'm done I think.

**weetyskemian44**

More WIPs. These are nearly done so I though I would take some photos to check everything looks good and I didn't miss anything out:

**Dysartes**

Looking good, weety.

**weetyskemian44**

Hiya Dysartes! Wotcha.

I was sure I'd missed a few unimportant finishing touches yesterday when I took the photos, so I subjected them to my inner school marm for marking:

**evildrcheese**

Looking great so far.

EDC

**inmygravenimage**

Shocking, 6/10, see me after class

Nonsensne, they look excellent, though impressive to see your self-critique.

**weetyskemian44**

Hyper-critical-ism! Its the only way, when painting this many figures at once I could easily forget to paint their teeth and eyes... I know I know who is going to care if the teeth aren't painted but they have to be perfect or else how will I ever get an A+.

**Dysartes**

Nice report card, weety.

Side point - have you seen that Ifalna is streaming painting on Twitch these days?

**weetyskemian44**

Twitch huh... Is that like a new face-tube for the kids or something? These things keep slipping by me. I think its because I still have a mobile phone with buttons.

I'll give it a go.

**Dysartes**

She's on at the minute, weety - https://www.twitch.tv/ifalnasminis

**weetyskemian44**

Well I corrected my mistakes and I think it worked, I should give all my work the critical treatment:

The two jump pack marines are next on the table.

**ZergSmasher**

I love those Deathwatch minis. Good inspiration for me too, especially since I will soon have a set of them to paint for myself!

**Briancj**

Congratulations on your engagement!

**Heretic Tom**

The teeth made all the difference

great job!

**evildrcheese**

Fantastico!

EDC

**weetyskemian44**

Blood angel wip. Hes looking very bling. Just needs a little neatening up on the chainsword and a few other minor quibbles.

**weetyskemian44**

This guy is handy in the kitchen, juliente vegetables, chips, topiary etc

**Camkierhi**

Don't suppose he could pop around I got a hedge needs trimming!

All looking amazing as always. I am a bit torn on the actual sculpts, but your painting is excellent.

**evildrcheese**

Very nice dude. The NMM on the Blood Angel is looking good.

EDC

**weetyskemian44**

Ca - They're alright... maybe they are a little on the chunky side, a little OTT on the hereldry. Also black and silver are tricky for me. I'm using vallejo game colour silver on these. Does anyone think those special metallics are worth the price and the smell?

I think I made a mistake with these in starting with a midtone. Starting black would have made it simpler and quicker.

Evil doctor cheese - Its not really NMM on the blood angel its metallics but with highlights and shades in NMM paints. I think I got that idea off nerdfest.

**Azazelx**

These guys all look fantastic. I haven't tried the "true metal" type metallics (yet), but Model Air and Game Air metallics are both very nice to work with, and so are the new (white cap) Citadel metallics.

**weetyskemian44**

Its just the bike guy that needs a doin now!

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Just bought some of the newer skink spearmen and I'm thinking I'm giving them lasers, making them 40k aliens... Anyone thoughts? Need to think about appropriate looking guns - I was thinking of remodeling tau guns but if anyone can think of a non GW-source of sci-fi lasers let me know.

**TheLastTemplar**

Oh man, those are looking great! I'll have to pick up my game to catch up to your skilled DW! I love the character of them all!

**weetyskemian44**

You'll do fine TheLastTemplar. Just remember to take a photo and nitpick!

Today my skinks arrived and I tried my hand at Space Slann! Skinks make great aliens and I made them these phaser style pistols out of chopped up tau pulse rifles. I'm wondering if I should give them uniforms or just leave em naked? Any thoughts?

**Nevelon**

weetyskemian44 wrote:

Today my skinks arrived and I tried my hand at Space Slann! Skinks make great aliens and I made them these phaser style pistols out of chopped up tau pulse rifles. I'm wondering if I should give them uniforms or just leave em naked? Any thoughts?

I think giving them uniforms would humanize them too much. If you are up for it, I might go for a bandoleer or utility belt though. Just because they don’t need extra hides like those soft-skins does not mean they don’t need a place to store their tech gizmos.

**weetyskemian44**

that sounds about right. I'm thinking they will be a bit like the AAnn, if anyone is familiar with Alan Dean Foster's comonwealth series.

So basically a lizard race, who communicate their emotional state with gestures, bathe in warm sand and have a complex hierarchical society based on ancient ritual and law. Every AAnn knows their place in society and secretly seeks to advance it. AAnn, sounds a bit like slaan, I wonder...

**Camkierhi**

Love the idea, been many moons since I read any ADF but I can remember where you are coming from.

Not 100% on the guns, I think the aesthetic of the eldar weapons maybe more appropriate. But I really like the idea of just bandoleers and utility belts.

**weetyskemian44**

I toyed with the idea of eldar weapons, but felt they were too distinctive of the race. The tau stuff feels more anonymous. I might go eldar for the special/heavy weapon skink. Need to do some bitz browsing...

More skinks ready!!

**shasolenzabi**

Yeah I agree, reptiles would not wear a "uniform " per say, may same color for the "loin cloth" and bandoliers/utility belts. Lizards have their "naughty bits" hidden inside their bodies, hard to tell male/female anyway. Now space suits though, they may use those for harsh environments.